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- A bailar é que a gente se entende: o papel da comunicação nas coreografias da parentalidadePublication . Portugal, Alda; Alberto, Isabel; Beja, Maria João; Sotero, Luciana; Fonseca, Gabriela; Carvalho, Joana; Areia, Neide; Relvas, Ana PaulaA comunicação parento-filial representa uma dimensão essencial do exercício da parentalidade. Apesar de muitas famílias procurarem intervenção psicoterapêutica por considerarem que o seu problema reside na falta de comunicação, o Modelo da Pragmática da Comunicação Humana postula que é impossível não comunicar e, por esse motivo, comunicação e comportamento são sinónimos aquando da significação que se faz das relações familiares. Como uma dança (tendo os autores deste ensaio privilegiado o Bailinho da Madeira enquanto metáfora), a comunicação parento-filial rege-se por pressupostos e regras que permitem compreender e analisar a identidade de cada família e o modo como se operacionaliza a parentalidade. Tal como outras funções e tarefas, também o exercício da parentalidade se altera à medida que o ciclo vital da família evolui e, nesse sentido, os padrões de comunicação estabelecidos também se modelam, apresentando especificidades distintas em famílias com filhos em idade escolar e famílias com adolescentes. Pretende-se com este ensaio teórico reavivar os contributos do Modelo da Pragmática da Comunicação Humana para as relações familiares, bem como, apresentar uma sucinta caracterização dos padrões comunicacionais entre pais e filhos de famílias portuguesas.
- Between kisses and bytes: cyber dating abuse and internet use in emerging adulthoodPublication . Saial, Ana Cristina; Portugal, Alda; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Nascimento, Paulo; Satar, Muhammad; Relvas, Ana Paula; Portugal, Alda; Gouveia, Élvio RúbioAbstract Emerging adults use the internet to connect with intimate partners, which can promote closeness but also increase vulnerability to abusive behavior, such as cyber dating abuse (CDA). In this study, we explored the use of the internet and information and communication technologies (ICT) and determined the prevalence of CDA among 105 emerging adults, with an average age of 23.2 years (SD = 3.65). Through an online cross-sectional study, our results indicate that emerging adults spend an average of 6.67 h a day online (SD = 3.34), with 37.6% communicating with their partner for more than 5 h daily via ICT. A high prevalence of CDA was observed: 62.9% victimization and 74.3% perpetration, with an emphasis on controlling behaviors. This study explores the relationship between problematic internet use (PIU) and CDA and highlights the normalization of CDA behaviours.
- A comunicação parento-filial: estudo das dimensões comunicacionais realçadas por progenitores e por filhosPublication . Portugal, Alda; Isabel, Alberto MarquesA comunicação desempenha um papel central na relação progenitores-fi lhos, particularmente no exercício da parentalidade. Assim, foi desenhado um estudo misto (qualitativo/quantitativo) com o intuito de identifi car as dimensões da comunicação mais destacadas por pais e fi lhos (7-16 anos). Para atingir este objetivo entrevistaram-se dez progenitores e realizaram-se dois grupos focais com dez fi lhos, sem correspondência de parentesco. A análise de conteúdo revelou sete dimensões (Me tacomunicação, Problemas Comunicacionais, Partilha de Situações Problemáticas, Atitudes Filiais, Atitudes Parentais, Afeto e Estabelecimento de Regras e Limites). Cada uma destas dimensões é composta por sub-dimensões revelando consistência e coerência com a literatura teórica que tem conceptualizado a comunicação na relação parento-fi lial. Estes dados estarão na base do desenvol vimento de uma escala de avaliação da comunicação.
- Cross-sectional study of emotion understanding in portuguese childrenPublication . Franco, Glória; Franco, Maria da Glória; Beja, Maria João; Santos, N.; Roazzi, Antonio; Candeias, Adelinda; Portugal, AldaEmotion understanding in children is a complex process involving the conjuga tion of different other processes of emotional information. It has been consi dered a key component of emotional skills in young children and an important predictor social skills development. This study aims to describe the emergence of emotion understanding different components according to age and degree of complexity. The sample comprises 401 portuguese children, ages 43 to 77 months (M=64.17, DP=7.05), attending preschool, and the instruments used were the Test of Emo tion Comprehension (TEC) and Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM). Results have shown that different components of emotion understanding do not appear all at the same time, but evolve over the years along with cognitive development. Children at earlier ages are more able to recognize the expres sion of basic emotions, but the ability to reflect upon emotions consolidates later. Results haven’t shown significant differences considering gender and socioeconomic status.
- (Dis)Connected: finding the link between problematic use of internet, parent-child communication and academic performance in emerging adultsPublication . Portugal, Alda; Almada, Carina; Sotero, Luciana; Relvas, Ana Paula; Portugal, AldaInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a central role in the lives of emerging adults, offering both opportunities and challenges. While ICT facilitates communication and access to information, its problematic use has raised concerns about its impact on family relationships and academic performance during this developmental stage. This cross-sectional study aims to describe the use of ICT in academic context and analyse differences between groups considering the problematic use of the internet, the perception of academic performance and parent-child communication in a sample of college students (N = 201, aged between 18 to 29). In addition to instruments for sociodemographic characterisation and of ICT use, Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale-2 and Perception Scale of Parenting Communication-Emerging Adults were used. The results suggest that young people with problematic use of internet for non-academic purposes tend to report poorer communication with their parents, particularly their fathers. Additionally, half of the sample exhibited moderate problematic use of the internet. These results are relevant for professionals working with young adults, such as college professors, as well as for young adults themselves and their parents. Professors may benefit from implementing structured guidelines for ICT use in the classroom to promote academic engagement while minimizing distractions. For young adults, the findings emphasize the importance of developing self-regulation strategies to balance digital life, enhance academic performance, and maintain healthy relationships. Parents are encouraged to foster open communication and support positive family dynamics to mitigate the negative effects of problematic internet use.
- Divertidamente: avaliação da eficácia de um programa de competências socioemocionaisPublication . Portugal, Alda; Melim, MarceloCriado no âmbito do projeto Convivialidade Escolar, o programa "Divertidamente" é composto por dez sessões semanais de uma hora, com vista a desenvolver competências socioemocionais. O presente estudo consistiu na avaliação da eficácia do programa com uma amostra de 86 crianças entre os 7 e os 11 anos. Trata-se de um estudo transversal com um desenho metodológico 2 X 2 (pré-teste vs. pós-teste). Os resultados indicam a existência de diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre o primeiro e o segundo momento de avaliação em todas as dimensões analisadas (comportamentos emocionais, situações emocionais, expressão emocional). Foram verificadas ainda diferenças em função do ano de escolaridade, sexo e existência de irmãos. O programa avaliado revelou-se, assim, uma ferramenta eficaz para utilizar em contexto escolar.
- Emerging adults and Facebook use: the validation of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS)Publication . Veiga, Gustavo Ferreira da; Sotero, Luciana; Pontes, Halley M.; Cunha, Diana; Portugal, Alda; Relvas, Ana P.Based on the six key components of addiction, the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) is a widely used instrument to assess Facebook addiction. This study aimed to conduct a psychometric validation in a Portuguese sample of emerging adults (ages 18 to 29 years). The construct validity analyses confirmed the one-factor solution and a statistically significant association found between Facebook addiction and Preference for Online Social Interaction, measured by the Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2, warranted the scale criterion validity. Internal consistency was scrutinized using Cronbach’s α (α = .87) and stability measured by test-retest (r = .94). Associations between BFAS scores and Brief Symptom Inventory dimensions scores (e.g., interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety) and the GPIUS2 subscale, deficient self-regulation, scores were evaluated. A subsample with higher levels of addiction was analyzed. In summary, the results of the present study support the use of the Portuguese version of the BFAS in both research and clinical milieus. Further implica tions for research and practice were considered.
- Epistemological development in higher education: a study at University of MadeiraPublication . Beja, Maria João; Beja, Maria João; Franco, Glória; Sousa, Fábia; Portugal, Alda; Portugal, Alda; Maria JoãoThe present study fits into the emerging adult cognitive development domain, more precisely in the analysis of higher education student’s epistemological beliefs development. The scientific literature of the area considers that student’s epistemological beliefs evolve, throughout the academic formation, of more sim plistic/absolutist forms to more complex/relativistic forms (Baxter-Magolda, 2004; Perry, 1999). However, most of the students do not reveal higher levels of epistemological complexity (Figueiredo, Pinheiro, & Huet, 2015). In this paper we present and compare the results of two studies carried out at the University of Madeira, in 2010 and 2016, respectively, which main goal was to ana lyse the epistemological development of students of higher education and the influence of social and academic variables in the epistemological development. The research adopted a quantitative methodology and the sample was composed of students from the University of Madeira (295 in study 1 and 232 in study 2), of the 1st and 2nd cycle, distributed by different academic areas. The data were evaluated through the portuguese version of the Parker Cognitive Development Inventory (Ferreira, & Bastos, 1995). The analysis of the results revealed, in both studies, a predominance of absolut ist thinking in the students of the University of Madeira, Contrary to the litera ture and the studies carried out in this field, there has not been a developmental progression in terms of an absolutist for a more relativistic thought, but rather an increase of absolutism as one advances in the academic formation, being that the students of the 2nd cycle have proved to be more absolutist than students in the 1st cycle. Concomitantly, in both studies, the epistemological development of students varies according to social and academic variables.
- Escala do impacto da dor na família (FIPS)Publication . Branco, Sandra; Portugal, Alda; Sotero, Luciana; Relvas, Ana Paula; Portugal, Alda; Marques Portugal, Alda PatríciaA Escala do Impacto da Dor na Família é a versão portuguesa da The Family Impact of Pain Scale (FIPS; Newton-John, 2005), um questionário de auto-resposta composto por 10 itens que permite avaliar o impacto da dor crónica na família. A partir de uma amostra de 51 sujeitos com dor crónica foram realizados estudos de tradução e adaptação para a população portuguesa, assim como estudos descritivos, de precisão e de validade de constructo. Os resultados demonstram uma elevada con sistência interna dos itens (α = .91). Na análise fatorial confirmatória não se verificou uma correspondência com os fatores da escala original. As correlações, com base no coeficiente de Spearman, permitem concluir que existe uma relação estatisticamente significativa entre o impacto da dor crónica na família e as crenças de autoeficácia e a depressão (r = -.754, p < .01; r = .332, p < .05, respetivamente). Futuramente, o estudo da dor crónica na família deverá contemplar, não só os sujeitos com dor crónica, como também os seus familiares.
- Exploring the role of relationship dynamics and chronic illness in psychological outcomes among cohabiting couples during the COVID-19 pandemicPublication . Lacomba-Trejo, Laura; Portugal, Alda; Vieira, Ana Diniz; Randall, Ashley K.; Relvas, Ana Paula; Portugal, AldaBackground: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated mental health difficulties among couples. Factors such as chronic physical illness, perceived threat of COVID-19, dyadic coping, and relationship quality may influence levels of psychological distress, including symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. This study aimed to examine how these individual and relational variables are associated with psychological outcomes in cohabiting couples during the first national lockdown in Portugal. Methods: A mixed-methods study was conducted with a sample of 956 individuals (83.9% women), aged 18 to 81 years (M = 40.76, SD = 10.42), living with a romantic partner for at least one year. Participants completed validated self-report instruments: Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales - 21 Items (DASS-21) to assess anxiety, depression, and stress; the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) to evaluate COVID-19 threat perception; the Perceived Relationship Quality Component – Short Version (PRQC-SV) to assess relationship quality; and the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI) to measure dyadic coping. Hierarchical linear regression and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) were used to examine associations between variables. The study received prior approval from the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra. Results: The regression models accounted from between 17% to 21% of the variances of the dependent variables. In the case of the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) models, the models explained between 11% and 85% of the cases. Hierarchical regression models (HRMs) showed that COVID-19 threat perception and relationship quality were significantly associated with mental health outcomes. In QCA models, low threat perception and high relationship quality and coping skills correlated with lower psychological distress. Conclusions: Chronic illness was not significantly associated with psychological distress when compared to COVID-19 threat perception, relationship quality, and dyadic coping. These insights are vital for managing mental health of couples during crises. By underscoring the importance of threat perception, relationship quality, and coping for psychological well-being management during health crises, this study offers valuable insights for supporting couples through periods of adversity.
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